Archive for April 10th, 2011

Max von Sydow is a Swedish born actor who has also held French citizenship since 2002. He has starred in many movies and had supporting roles in dozens more. Some of his most memorable film roles include Jesus in George Steven’s The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Father Merrin in Friedkins’s The Exorcist (1973), and Ming the Merciless in the 1980 version of Flash Gordon.

Steven Frederic Seagal is a action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, musician and a reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal was a instructor in Japan before moving to the Los Angeles,California are where he made his film debut in Above The Law (1988). By 1991, he had had starred in three successful films, and would go on to achieve greater fame in Under Siege (1992). Seagal is also a recording artist and guitarist and the founder of Steven Segal Enterprises. In addition to his professional achievements, he is also known as an environmentalist, an animal rights activist.

“Splish Splash” was co-written by Bobby Darin and DJ Murray the K
(Murray Kaufman, below). The song helped to give Darin a major boost
in his career, reaching # 3 on the singles charts. It was recorded during
an evening session at New York’s Atlantic Studios. The song was credited
to Darin and “Jean Murray”, a combination of the first name of Kaufman’s
mother “Jean” and his first name. This was done to avoid any hint of
Payloa.

The largest and most luxurious passenger steamship in the world, the Olympic-class RMS Titanic was owned by the White Star Line and constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. She set sail for New York City from Southampton, England with 2,223 people on board. Some of the most prominent people of the day were travelling in first class.